moments ago i talked with california republican john campbell. and joining me now is new york democrat congressman elliot engle. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so let's start with the fiscal cliff deal. passed on tuesday. for the record, you voted for that deal. were you happy with it? >> well, it was a compromise. in a compromise you don't get everything that you want. i think this was the best we could get under the circumstances. it shouldn't go down to the last minute. unfortunately, this is what happens. we feel there are a lot of ideologues on the republican side who don't understand that when there is a crisis, you have to move to the middle and find common ground. but we did it, and now we live to fight another day. and in two more months we have another battle. i would hope that in the future we could have a permanent agreement, a grand plan so to speak so we wouldn't be having to come back every two months and have another crisis. >> so why should we believe given what we've witnessed in washington over the fiscal cliff, why s